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Princess Royal. The title conferred by the sovereign on his eldest daughter. It would seem that the title is not held by more than one person at the same time. the present Princess Royal is Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, daughter of George V....
Royal Arms
Royal Arms. There are two statutory provisions relating to the unauthorized use of the Royal Arms, namely, s. 68 of the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (see TRADE MARKS), which is as follows:-68. --If any person, without the authority of His Majesty, uses in connexion with any trade, business, calling, or profession, the Royal Arms (or arms so closely resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive) in such manner as to be calculated to lead to the belief that he is duly authorized so to use the Royal Arms, or if any person without the authority of His Majesty or of a member of the Royal Family, uses in connexion with any trade, business, calling, or profession any device, emblem, or title in such manner as to be calculated to lead to the belief that he is employed by or supplies goods to His Majesty or such member of the Royal Family, he may, at the suit of any person who is authorized to use such arms or such device, emblem, or title, or is authorized by the Lord Chamberlain to take proceed...
Royal Courts of Justice
Royal Courts of Justice, the statutory name, by (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 222, replacing s. 28 of the (English) Jud. (Officers) Act, 1879, of the Law Courts, on the north side of the Strand, between St. Clement Danes Church and Chancery Lane, in which the business of the Supreme Court is transacted. The erection of buildings for bringing together into one place 'all the superior Courts of Law and Equity, the Probate and Divorce Courts and the court of Admiralty' recommended by a Royal Commission in 1858 was authorized by Parliament in 1865 by the (English) Courts of Justice Building Act and the Courts of Justice Concentration (Site) Act (28 & 29 Vict. cc. 48, 49). The Royal Courts were formally opened by Queen Victoria on the 4th of December, 1882, and opened for business on the 11th of January, 1883, the Judges' Chambers and other offices having been opened for business in January, 1880. Prior to the opening, the Chancery Division of the High Court occupied courts at Lincoln's Inn,...
Royal
Kingly pertaining to the crown or the sovereign suitable for a king or queen regal as royal power or prerogative royal domains the royal family royal state...
Royal Title
Royal Title, '[George VI.] by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of all the British dominions beyond the seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.' The words 'British dominions beyond the seas' were added by King Edward VII. in pursuance of the Royal Titles Act, 1901, and the title of Empress of India had been added by Queen Victoria in pursuance of the Royal Titles Act, 1876, to the Royal Titles given under the Union Acts....
Royal Assent
Royal Assent. The act by which the Crown agrees to a bill which has already passed both Houses is called 'The Royal Assent,' which may be given by the sovereign in person in the House of Lords, the Commons standing at the bar; or by the Commissioners appointed by the Crown, under the Declaratory Act (33 Hen. 8, c. 21), for that special purpose and for the single occasion. The forms observed in both cases do not vary, and are as follows: The Lords being assembled in their own House, the Sovereign or the Commissioners seated, and the Commons at the bar, the titles of the several bills which have passed both Houses are read, and the king's or queen's answer is declared by the Clerk of the Parliaments in Norman-French. To a bill of supply, the assent is given in the following words: 'Le roy (or, la reyne) remercie ses loyaux sujets, accepte leur benevolence et ainsi le veult.' To a privte bill it is thus declared: 'Soit fait comme il est desire.' And to public general bills it is given in ...
Royal Burghs in Scotland
Royal Burghs in Scotland, are incorporated by royal charter, giving jurisdiction to the Magistrates with-in certain bounds, and vesting certain privileges in the inhabitants and burgesses. A burgh is called a royal burgh if it hold of the Crown; if it hold of a subject it is termed a burgh of barony...
Royal fish
Royal fish. Whale and sturgeon. These, when either thrown ashore, or caught near the coast, are the property of the King, on account of their superior excellence, 1 Bl. Com. 290. Porpoises are also said to be royal fish; see Hall on the Sea Shore, 2nd Edn. p. 80, App. xli. The right to royal fish may be vested in a subject by grant from the Crown or prescription....
Accroaching royal power
Accroaching royal power, or attempting to exercise royal power, was in the 21 Edw. 3 held to be treason. 4 Br. & Had. Com. 83....
Princes of the Royal Blood
Princes of the Royal Blood, the younger sons and daughters of the sovereign and other branches of the royal family who are not in the immediate line of succession; see Civil List Acts....
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